Ensilage-cutter



J. BULLOCK AND W. H. PRESTON.

' ENWLAGE CUTTER.

APPLICATWN rum) Nov. '0' 191sv Patented July 27, 1920 i United States,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED J. BULLOCK AND WARD H. PRESTON, OF SHOBTSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORST0 PAPEG MACHINE GOMPANY,OF SHORTSVILLE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF newronx.

ENSILAGE-CUTTER.

Specincati on 01 Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1920.

To all whom itmag concern:

Be it known that we, FRED J. BULLOCK. and WARD H. PRESTON, citizens ,ofthe residing at Shortsville, in the county of Ontario and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEnsilage-Cutters, of which the followin is a specification, referencebeing had t erein to the accompanying crawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inensilage cutters, and more particularly to the frame constructiontherefor, the object being to provide a two-- wheeled frame havin adetachable draft bar in order to allow t e same to be readily attachedto a wagon or other conveyance for moving the cutter from place toplace.

Another ob'ect of our invention is to provide a draft ar which can beextended in i order to allow the same to beconnected to a Wagon, theextensible portion thereof being capable of being moved into such aposition that a vehicle can readily pass the end of the conveyer inorder to discharge its load into the same in feeding the material to theconveyor of the cutter.

Another object of our invention is to provide a frame construction inwhich the conveyor is supported by pivotally mounted legs w'henthecutter is bein used, said leg being capable of being folder so as to beout of the way when the cutter is being hauled from place to place.

Another object of my invention is to provide the draft bar with an armfor connecting the same to the conveyor in such a manner that the barwill be held parallel to the conveyor.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter setforth and the novel features thereof defined by the nismnot shown,

a wheeled axle 1 on which is mounted a rame 2 for supporting the cuttingmechawhich is inclosed in a casing as shown in dotted lines. Theconstruction of frame as herein shown comprises base pieces providedwith standards having a supplemental frame mounted on the top thereof,said standards bein connected together by brace'rods 3, whic 1 areprovided with bearings 4 in which the axle 1 is mounted as clearlyshown.

The supplemental frame carried by the standards is preferably formed ofangle iron, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and isprovided with a supportingsleeve 5 and a socket 6, in which is arranged a tubular reach 7, the endof the reach fittin within the socket 6 as shown in Fig. 1. The reach isprovided with a transverse bore adapted to registerwith a transversebore formed in the supporting sleeve 5 and through which passes a bolt 8for securely fastening the reach to the frame. The reach extendsparallel with the'conveyer 9 of the cutter'and carries an arm 10 whichis connected to the conveyor by bolts, not shown, the end of the armbeing enlar ed and split forming the sleeve to receive tlie reach 7which is clamped porting the mechanism is provided with a reach having alaterally extending arm for supporting the end of the conveyer when thecutter is being moved.

In order to provide means for supporting the free end of the conveyorwhen the ensilage cutter is in operation, we provide a substantiallyU-shaped leg frame 13 which is pivotally connected at 14 to theconveyor, in order to allow the same to be swung upwardly under theconveyor when the reach is connected to a wagon for hauling the cutterfrom one field to another.

In the modified form shown in Fi 3, the end of the reach 15 is providedwith a T coupling 16 having a tubular arm 17 connected thereto which isconnected to the conveyer substantially in the same manner as shown inthe preferred form. Slidably mounted within the reach 15 is anextensible draft bar 18 having a series of vertically disposed openingsformed therein adapted to register with the openings formed in the Tcoupling 16 and through which a cotter pin 1.9 is adapted to extend forholding the extensible draft bar 18 in adjusted position.

In the preferred form asshown in Fig. 1, the extensible draft bar isnotshown, but it is of course understood that an extensible draft 'barcould be rcadilyplaced within the tubular reach Tand locked in adjustedposition by the cotter pin 12 and we do not wis to limit ourselves tothe use of a draft bar in connection with the reach as by forming thereach of a sufficient length the same can be readily connected to awagon or a vehicle of any kind, but we have found that in some cases itis of advantage to have an extensible draft bar which allows the same tobe forced inwardly out of the way of a wagon in discharging its leadinto the conveyor. By proriding the extensible draft bar it is notnecessary to detach the reach from the conveyer when the cutter is beingoperated.

From the foregoing description it will be seenthat we have provided anensilage cuttc-r mounted on a two-wheeled truck, the wheels of which aredetached from the axle when the cutter is in operation in order to allowthe frame to rest on the ground, so as to form a rigid support in orderto eliminate the vibration caused by the machine when in operation.

When the wheels have been detached from the cutter, the leg frame 13 isforced into position to support the conveyer and the reach is removed sothat the conveyor can be fed from the wagon.

In the drawings I have shown the cutter with the reach attached and theleg frame swung downinto position to support the conveyor but it is ofcourse understood that when the machine is in tl's position the legframe will be swung upwardly under the ccnveyer so as to allow the reachto be attached to a vehicle for hauling the cutter.

e claim:

1. In an ensilage cutter, u two-wheeled frame, a conveyor carried bysaid frame and extending outwardly therefrom, a reach detachablyconnected. to said frame at one end; an arm secured to said reach havinga connection with the free end of said conveyer, a draft bar slidablycarried by said reach, and means for locking said draft bar in adjustedposition.

Qwln an ensilage cutter, the combination with a frame, of a-wheeled axlefor supporting said frame, a eonveyer supported by said frame andextending outwardly to one side thereof, a tubular reach carried by saidframe, an arm carried by said reach for supporting the free end of saidconveyer, and a leg frame PlVOilitlly connected to said conreyer.

3. In an ensilage cutter, the combination with a two-wheeled frame forsupporting the same; of a conveyer extending out wurdly from saidcutter, a reach extending parallel with said conveyer, an arm carried bysaid reach for supporting the free end of said conveyor, and anextensible draft bar carried by said reach.

a. In an ensilage cutter, the combination with a two-wheeled frame andthe conveyer thereof, of reach detachably connected to said frame, anarm having a split sleeve clamped around the free end of said reach,said arm extending laterally under said convcyer for supporting thefreeend thereof.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signaturesin the presence oftwo witnesses.

FRED J. BULLOCK.

H PBESTON.

W. C. Ems.

